Diagnostic Description
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Developed gill raker 4. Head and body fully covered with scales. Operculum with a strong spine but preoperculum spineless (Ref. 43544).
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Morphology
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 89 - 92; Analsoft rays: 65 - 68; Vertebrae: 50 - 51
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Trophic Strategy
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Found on the continental shelf and slope (Ref. 75154). Active carnivore (Ref. 42247).
- Recorder
- Grace Tolentino Pablico
Biology
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Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205). Rarely in markets (Ref. 34024).
Importance
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fisheries: minor commercial; price category: medium; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family
分布
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分布於印度-西太平洋區,由日本至澳洲海域。臺灣分布於西部及澎湖海域。
利用
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因為較少見,所以就算一般漁民撈獲,也只是棄置於下雜魚堆中,除了學術研究之外,食用的經濟價值並不大。
描述
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體圓而延長,近尾部處則是逐漸側扁。鰓蓋骨後方有一強棘,但前鰓蓋骨上無棘。頭及身體全部被鱗。腹鰭位於眼徑後緣下方,只有1鰭條,但延長至鰓蓋後方。基鰓骨中央有齒。身體的上半部呈黃綠色,上有許多不規則、不連續的棕色斑點。頭部則有一褐色縱帶自吻端達鰓蓋骨上的硬棘。背鰭上有許多褐斑,臀鰭顏色較黑,外緣白色。
棲地
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主要棲息於大陸棚砂泥底質環境,大約在100-200公尺左右深度的水層中,以小型魚類及甲殼類為主食。